Continuous improvement initiatives have proliferated among manufacturing and services organizations. In this context, knowledge has been claimed to play a key role, as a significant antecedent of an organization’s ability to continuously improve its performance. At the same time, attempts to implement knowledge management initiatives prove fruitless if employees a...

the relationship between transformational leadership behaviors and knowledge sharing in alvan sabet company is highlighted in this study. according to leaders of alvan sabet co. the target populations of the research are totally 47 persons. census method has been used in this research due to population size. one main hypothesis and four sub-hypotheses which have been obtained from reviewing the...

Determining which factors promote or impede the sharing of knowledge within organizations constitutes an important area of research. This paper examines knowledge sharing through the lens of equity theory. The study will explore the impact of three types of justice – distributional, procedural and interactional – on knowledge sharing. Hypotheses regarding the influence of distributional, proced...

The shift from industrial economy to knowledge economy in today’s world has revolutionalized strategic planning in organizations as well as their problem solving approaches. The point of focus today is knowledge and service production with more emphasis been laid on knowledge capital. Many organizations are investing on tools that facilitate knowledge sharing among their employees and they are ...

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t The success of knowledge management initiatives depends on knowledge sharing. This paper reviews qualitative and quantitative studies of individual-level knowledge sharing. Based on the literature review we developed a framework for understanding knowledge sharing research. The framework identifies five areas of emphasis of knowledge sharing research: organ...

purpose: this paper aims to determine the individual factors that influence on knowledge sharing behavior of library & information science(lis) faculties that in this context refers to trust, cooperations, communications and it capabilities. methodology: the methodology of this study is based on survey research. the instrument for collecting data was questionnaire and the research population co...

Numerous scholars and practitioners claim that motivational factors can facilitate successful knowledge sharing. However, little empirical research has been conducted examining the different kinds of motivation (extrinsic and intrinsic) used to explain employee knowledge sharing behaviors. By integrating a motivational perspective into the theory of reasoned action (TRA), this study examines th...